Back in March, a group of comic luminaries — from John Mulaney to Nikki Glaser — gathered at the Kennedy Center to celebrate O'Brien for receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. This is ...

The idea of Ben Shattuck’s “The History of Sound” winning the 2025 Mark Twain American Voices in Literature Award from the Mark Twain House & Museum seems impossibly appropriate. The short story ...

CNN — (CNN) — Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of ...

Earlier this week, Tina Fey became the youngest individual ever to be awarded The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. And while the usual suspects of ...

As Natural State native and Arkansas Tech University professor Eli Cranor prepares to release “Mississippi Blue 42,” his fourth novel in as many years, serious accolades are still rolling in for his ...

(The Hill) – Adam Sandler is poised to receive one of the country’s top comedy awards in front of a Washington crowd. The 56-year-old “Billy Madison” star is the 24 th winner of the Mark Twain Prize ...

Odds are the only thing you know about the ceremony for this year’s Mark Twain Award at the Kennedy Center is this: Tina Fey handed it to Sarah Palin. But that didn’t make the cut for PBS’ broadcast ...

An Emmy-award winning actor and a Buffalo broadcasting hall of famer are bringing legendary author and humorist Mark Twain to life on two Southern Tier stages this fall. In Elmira, the Clemens Center ...

This is FRESH AIR. Last December, Conan O'Brien was selected by the Kennedy Center as the next recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In February, newly reelected President Trump ...